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298 horizon for unwary prey. Near the hotel on Mount Joli is his tomb-stone bearing this inscription couched by a mourning relict:

A gracious epitaph for a buccaneer!

Percé was the landfall of the Royal squadron which in August, 1860, conveyed to Canada the Heir Apparent of the British throne and his suite, which included the Duke of Newcastle and officers of the imperial army and navy. A contributor to The Gleaner published at Chatham, Miramichi, under date of September 8, 1860, thus describes the passing of the Hero, the Ariadne and the Flying Fish under the very eaves of the Rock.

The Squadron first hove in sight, or rather was seen from the heights about 2, on Sunday the 12th inst., and the ships passed between the Island of Bonaventure and Percé Rock between 4 and 5 approaching the latter so near, that the seamen and Fishermen say they have never seen small schooners nearer. His Royal Highness and Suite must therefore have had an excellent view, not only of the